TransCanada is now planning to build the K XL in piecemeal fashion, beginning with the segment running from Oklahoma toTexas that does not require State Department approval since it is fully within the United States. For the segment between Canada and the US, TransCanada will re-apply for a cross border permit and will devise a new route through Nebraska where major concerns have been raised about the previously proposed route.

President Obama’s position in January was a move in the right direction – we must let him know that reversing his stance and supporting Big Oil at the expense of the American people and the environment is not leadership.